Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-17

will not permit of further special no
ticcS.
Irotting races had been arrange,
for foals of 80, 81 and 80. Tire,
entries wer' made for the two-vear
olds, ''Ailen Wilkes" Prank W
Moore" and Banker, the three colt
that trotted at the county fair, anc
much interest was manifested in tn,
result. ''Wilkes" and Moore" ar,
"Abdallah Wilkes colts: Banker
from ''Cyclone E" Moore" was sicl
and Banker" was not up at the cal
Of the bell, and ''Wil1es" had a wall
over. Three entries were made 70
the threevear-olds, ''Violetta," ON,
of the Edwin Bates colts, ..Ethan :. ,
the Henry colt, owned by Ar
thur Woodbury., and ''Lottie Frank.
lin," by ''Ben Franklin" owned b,
F. {. Williams. This was an inter.
Wf1F
some laurels at Rutland and Burling-
ton. and he managed to get his bose
little to the front each time. though
his driver acknowledged it was the
hottest race he had experienced thro'
the fall. He was hard pressed bv
''Violetta," and ''LOttie' was so close
on them that there was no disposition
shown to jog. In the race for
foals Of 1888, there were four entries.
''Baby NJ" the Amasa Paine colt,
erred Wilkes, Red Wilkes" colt
from Mr.. Bates stud, "Charlie Raw. -
son of "Ben Franklin, +" and "Jim, .
owned by DR.. l.. r. Stiles of St.
Johnsbury. This race required five
heats, and it was a close thing be-
tween "Baby" and Erred" until
Baby got tired. "Babv" easily
won the first two heats, but was
knocked off her feet the third time,
and Fired came in first. ''.Jim's"
owner got mad because the 90 was
given on the third heat with his horse
away in the rear, and he was "drawn."
Starter believed the driver respons-
ible for "Jim's" delay. Fred
Wilkes is a colt that has both speed
and endurance, and "Baby NJ" as
good as she is, must be driven well
and be in good trim if she expects to
out-foot or weary the Bates colt.
This race was not finished until dark.
We think that the promoters of
this horse-breeding enterprise have
enlisted in work that promises good
things for the stock raisers of this
section of the state, land they have GER
tainIv started under very favorable
auspices. Their first exhibition was
a success in the best sense. We
are assured by Messrs. Bailey, Hoff-
man, Mossman and Williams, prom
inent officers in the association, that
the true purpose is to put horse
breeding on a standard of greatest
merit and to take trotting races, so
far as they control them, out of the
hands of dishonest, gambling jock
eys. Everything seemed to be con-
Quoted in the spirit of justice. The
exhibition gave opportunity to all
who attended it to witness a show
of high bred animals, such as they
never saw before, and we doubt not
that some of the prejudice against
thoroughbred animals which exists
among a class was dispelled. The
knowledge gained by this first exhI-
bitiOn will be of no small value to all
who attended it. We again take
opportunity to encourage all our
farmers to turn attention to the
matter of making the breeding of
first class horses a specially. The
time has not been in the last forty
years, if indeed, in the history Of the
state, when a thoroughly good horse
would not sell readily at prices which
paid the owner for his expense in
growing him. Such is the passion
among fancy horse men of means,
for good horses that they will buy
them at prices far above their worth
for ordinary purposes. This state of
affairs will exist longer, at best,
than this generation of horses or
men, and it behooves those who have
opportunity to make something in
this line to "catch on.
Following are the records and
awards:
THE TROTTING.
Stake 1-Foals of 50, half mile heats, "Anen
Wilkes, y john Bean, Bartor was The only horse
that appeared Time half mile l.345.
Stalk 2-Foals of ~, mile heats:
sVioette' - Edwin Bates, Derby ? 2
Ethan s." Arthur Woodbury., Barton,
''Lottie Franklin f. c. Williams, Coventry,
Time 2.524, ESQ.
Stake 3-Foals of 49, mile heats:
''Baby NJ, Jos. Owen, Barton, I 3 3
Fred Wilkes" Edwin Bates, Derby, 2 , l l
Charlie Ray Burbank & Williams, ! , , ,
''Jim,'' T. Il. Stiles, IT. Johnsbury, Drawn
Time, 2.+74, 245, 2.464, 2.46, 2.464.
PREMIUMS
Brood Mare and Colt at foot,
L d Adams, Derby, S12